Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our
contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in doing so, utilizes video …

Introduction to Positive Media Psychology summarizes and synthesizes the key concepts,
theories, and empirical findings on the positive emotional, cognitive, and behavioral effects …

The objective of exposing girls to Computer Science as a career option has led to research
directed towards gaming activities for girls. These activities include both game play and …

This accessible textbook gives students the tools they need to analyze games using
strategies borrowed from textual analysis. As the field of game studies grows, videogame …

A general introduction to archeogaming describing the intersection of archaeology and
video games and applying archaeological method and theory into understanding game …

Imaginary worlds are extremely successful. The most popular fictions produced in the last
few decades contain such a fictional world. They can be found in all fictional media, from …

El acceso a nuevas plataformas y medios en el ámbito digital está sirviendo como canal de
comunicación entre los jóvenes de una forma rápida y sencilla. Cada día surgen nuevas …

The significance of play in the construction of landscape involving the feedback
relationships between social conventions and the individual and between the individual and …

While game-based learning (GBL) environments have been shown to facilitate learning, in
culturally diverse populations (eg, university classrooms), GBL may only appeal to a subset …

During the last five decades, videogames evolved into a major component of popular culture
as well as a multi-billion-dollar industry. The medium diversified tremendously, currently …